When we first look at a new thing, we are bound for that first impression. This first impression is sometimes the barrier, stopping us from starting a conversation with someone, choosing something to eat from the counter and of course buying a product. “No second chance for first impression” is a well known saying. For a SaaS business it might be a major differentiator between success and failure. Most of our potential customers are anonymous for us, and their purchase decision process is often the same as with all SaaS online sellers: The customer needs a service/tool. Searching the web … Read more
As we come to the end of our most successful year, it is summary days. We are going into our 5th full year, and this is already the fourth summary we write. Time flies. In each of the previous years, we wrote a short summary about how the year was, and what did we do that year. We talked about our plans for the next year. Since this is holidays season, tradition and all in the air, we’ll continue ours (tradition) as well… As we’ve mentioned last year, December 31st is no different than January 1st for us same as … Read more
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” Leo Tolstoy “Happy” Testing Teams What makes one testing team better than the other? Is it their manager? The methodology they use? The quality of the testers – experience and education included? Or perhaps the combination of all and more? You would usually want to think that a “Yes” is in place here. But is it really? To an extent it surly is, however if we compare a large number of testing teams, we should – statistically – expect to get the same quality of testers … Read more
Every application we use has those little things, that make the user’s work so much easier. It can be a keyboard shortcut, a hidden option, or a quick way to make the most out of a feature. We once had a post written, by a former team member of our support, explaining how to change the background color on a PowerPoint presentation in a specific scenario where it wasn’t obvious – the feedback was amazing. Emails, comments and loads of website visitors who were looking for this over the net and got to this post….. Those little things. For over … Read more
No doubt that automation testing is sexy and impressive – it seems to be a great cure for the annoying process of more laborious testing. Imagine that you can write the crappiest, laziest piece of software and a magic automation tool painlessly finds any and all defects and helps you fix them. Sadly, this is not possible. But you probably already knew that. Nothing compares to a good human tester with extensive experience, advanced skills, and basic intuition. However, the human approach is not without its drawbacks either. Human testers are more expensive, and that’s only if you can actually … Read more
Within the software testing world, there exist a range of different tools, such as automation tools, bug tracking, test management and others. While it is possible to select each tool ‘a la carte’, some of the major releases come as all-or-nothing application lifecycle management (ALM) suites that combine all the potential features into one convenient package. There are many advantages to the ALM approach. When delivering a complete product, ALM suites could have been be ideal, theoretically, since they combine project management, software development, and test management into one system, allowing for better integration between the different parts. Administration also … Read more
For us it is an exciting day. Our new website is ‘live’, after we’ve completed the long and hard work on it. We are proud of it already … We hope that our site visitors will enjoy the new look, new improved navigation, and will find it easier to learn all about our products. If you ever worked to launch a new website for yourself, or your company, then you must know how much work there’s on the details, how much attention it needs and how important it is. Well, for us this was the case. . . In our … Read more
EuroStar 2011 is a major software testing conference (Manchester, England November 21-24). We were considering going there, but you know how it is – the travel, the time, the expense…. Then we got a chance to participate, even present Testuff, without going anywhere. Exactly as we like it – online. . Staying Virtual Online is something we like. As a SaaS vendor we live on the net, our customers come from there, and we service them using it. So, if we get a chance for a virtual conference, how can we resist it? Apparently, EuroStar guys realized that not everyone … Read more
When we first launched Testuff over 4 years ago, it certainly wasn’t with James Bach in mind. Although Mr. Bach had already established a substantial following thanks to his many contributions to the world of software testing, our initial foray into the industry happened quite independently of him. Our founding, our growth, our entire vision was never directly influenced by his input or feedback. And yet, anyone familiar with our suite of testing software would likely be convinced that Mr. Bach had played a direct (or at least inspirational) role in our development over these last years. . Vendors I … Read more
In a perfect world, we (the software providers) should have enough time to develop and complete the perfect product – one that it is intuitive, easy to use, and full of the most in-demand features – before selling it at a reasonable price. I am reminded of a quote from Armageddon when one of the characters offers, “You know we’re sitting on 4 million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon, and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn’t it?” Thankfully, software is not a nuclear weapon and nothing catastrophic will … Read more
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